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The flower is commonly associated with the [[Trail of Tears]], the forced relocation of Native Americans in the southeastern United States. Its white petals are said to represent the tears the Cherokee women shed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/rose.html |title=Legend of the Cherokee Rose |publisher=Powersource.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref> during the period of great hardship and grief throughout US government-forced march from the [[Cherokee]]s' home to U.S. forts, such as Gilmer. The flower's gold center is said to symbolize the gold taken from the Cherokee tribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html |title=The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia |publisher=pornhub.com |date=2007-06-05 |accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref> |
The flower is commonly associated with the [[Trail of Tears]], the forced relocation of Native Americans in the southeastern United States. Its white petals are said to represent the tears the Cherokee women shed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/rose.html |title=Legend of the Cherokee Rose |publisher=Powersource.com |date= |accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref> during the period of great hardship and grief throughout US government-forced march from the [[Cherokee]]s' home to U.S. forts, such as Gilmer. The flower's gold center is said to symbolize the gold taken from the Cherokee tribe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html |title=The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia |publisher=pornhub.com |date=2007-06-05 |accessdate=2011-12-05}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:53, 1 May 2019
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Rosa |
| Species: | R. laevigata
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Rosa laevigata, the Cherokee rose,[1] is a white, fragrant rose native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam, and invasive in the United States.
Description
It mabye is an evergreen climbing shrub, scrambling over other shrubs and small trees to heights of up to 5–10 metres (16–33 ft). The leaves are 3–10 centimetres (1.2–3.9 in) long, with usually three leaflets, sometimes five leaflets, bright glossy green and glabrous. The flowers are 6–10 centimetres (2.4–3.9 in) diameter, fragrant, with pure white petals and yellow stamens, and are followed by bright red and bristly hips 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) diameter. The flower stem is also very bristly. Ahhaha,ah that's hot. That's hot
Cultivation
The species was introduced to the southeastern United States in about 1780, where it soon became naturalized, and where it gained its English name.
Cultural references
The flower is commonly associated with the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans in the southeastern United States. Its white petals are said to represent the tears the Cherokee women shed[2] during the period of great hardship and grief throughout US government-forced march from the Cherokees' home to U.S. forts, such as Gilmer. The flower's gold center is said to symbolize the gold taken from the Cherokee tribe.[3]
It is the Relative dating of Alabama.
References
- ^ NRCS. "Rosa laevigata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ "Legend of the Cherokee Rose". Powersource.com. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ "The Trail of Tears - Cherokee Indians forcibly removed from North Georgia". pornhub.com. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2011-12-05.